Conference Proceedings


265. Memorandum of a Conversation, Mid-Ocean Club, Bermuda, March 20, 1957

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 62 D 181, CF 865. Secret. Drafted by Dulles. This conversation took place during an informal dinner, which began shortly after 7 p.m., in Macmillan’s suite. Formal meetings began on March 21. (Eisenhower Library, President’s Appointment Book)


267. Memorandum of a Conversation, Mid-Ocean Club, Bermuda, March 20, 1957

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 62 D 181, CF 865. Secret. Drafted by Dulles. This memorandum records a continuation of the conversation on Cyprus; see supra.


268. Memorandum of a Conversation, Mid-Ocean Club, Bermuda, March 21, 1957, 10:30 a.m.

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 62 D 181, CF 866. Secret. Drafted by Walter N. Walmsley, Jr., and circulated to appropriate U.S. officials on March 21. The Delegation at Bermuda transmitted a summary of this conversation to the Department of State in Secto 8, March 22. (Ibid., Central Files, 611.41/3–2257) For President Eisenhower’s diary account of this meeting, see Document 271.


270. Memorandum of a Conversation, Mid-Ocean Club, Bermuda, March 21, 1957, 3:45 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 62 D 181, CF 866. Secret. Drafted by Brewster H. Morris, Political Counselor of the Embassy in London; cleared in draft by Rountree; and circulated to appropriate U.S. officials on March 21. The Delegation at Bermuda transmitted a summary of this conversation to the Department of State in Secto 9, March 22. (Ibid., Central Files, 611.41/3–2257) For President Eisenhower’s diary account of this meeting, see infra.


271. Diary Entry by the President, March 21, 1957

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, DDE Diaries. Secret.


273. Memorandum of a Conversation, Mid-Ocean Club, Bermuda, March 22, 1957, 10:30 a.m.

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 62 D 181, CF 867. Secret. Drafted by Dale and circulated to appropriate U.S. officials on March 22. The Delegation at Bermuda transmitted a summary of this conversation to the Department of State in Secto 14, March 23. (Ibid., Central Files, 611.41/3–2357)


274. Memorandum of a Conference With the President, Bermuda, March 22, 1957,1 p.m.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, DDE Diaries. Top Secret. Drafted by Goodpaster. Part of this conversation is also recorded infra.


275. Memorandum of a Conversation, President Eisenhower’s Quarters, Mid-Ocean Club, Bermuda, March 22, 1957, 3:20 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 62 D 181, CF 867. Top Secret. Drafted by Timmons, cleared by Murphy and Strauss, and circulated to appropriate U.S. officials on March 22. This conversation is also reported supra.


277. Memorandum of a Conversation, Mid-Ocean Club, Bermuda, March 22, 1957,4:25 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 62 D 181, CF 867. Secret. Drafted by Morris, cleared by Elbrick, and circulated to appropriate U.S. officials on March 22. The Delegation at Bermuda transmitted a summary of this conversation to the Department of State in Secto 13, March 23. (Ibid., Central Files, 611.41/3–2357)


279. Memorandum of a Conversation, Mid-Ocean Club, Bermuda, March 23, 1957,10:30 a.m.

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 62 D 181, CF 868. Secret. Drafted by Fraser Wilkins (NEA) on March 25 and circulated to appropriate U.S. officials.


281. Memorandum of a Conversation, Mid-Ocean Club, Bermuda, March 23, 1957,10:30 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 62 D 181, CF 868. Secret. Drafted by Dulles on March 24.


282. Memorandum for the Record by the Secretary of State

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 62 D 181, CF 868. Secret. A typewritten notation indicates this memorandum was read to Rountree.